diff --git a/config.sh b/config.sh
index 54f657b..6536696 100755
--- a/config.sh
+++ b/config.sh
@@ -7,6 +7,10 @@
 # network device, needed for upload and download modules
 export netdevice=""
 
+# mail directory, needed for mail module
+export maildir=""
+
+# module list. uncomment to enable.
 # module list. uncomment to enable.
 # re-arrange to change order.
 # module name		icon/prefix	suffix
@@ -25,4 +29,5 @@ export netdevice=""
 #module_todo		"TODO: "	" | "
 #module_upload		"Up: "		" | "
 #module_download	"Down: "	" | "
+#module_mail		"Mail: "	" | "
 module_date		"Date: "	""
diff --git a/modules.sh b/modules.sh
index 262ceae..f59eddb 100755
--- a/modules.sh
+++ b/modules.sh
@@ -71,3 +71,8 @@ module_download() {
 	down="$(cat /sys/class/net/${netdevice}/statistics/tx_bytes | awk '{$1=$1/1024000; print $1"B";}' | tail -n 1)"
 	export bar="${bar}${1}${down}${2}"
 }
+
+module_mail() {
+	mailoutput="$(ls ${maildir} | wc -l)"
+	[ "$mailoutput" = "0" ] || export bar="${bar}${1}${mailoutput}${2}"
+}